Land of Rivers

The Land of Rivers (川の国, Kawa no Kuni) does not play any particular role in the story until Pakkun discovers the first known Akatsuki hideout in one of the country's caverns, where the Akatsuki extracted the Shukaku from Gaara's body.[1] The hideout was decimated shortly thereafter during a battle between Sasori, Sakura and Chiyo, and subsequently abandoned.